Violin



J. W. KINCANNON.

kzazlm Snow V601 UNITED STATES dorm WILLIAM KINCANNON,

PATENT OFFICE."

OF DYERVILLE, CALIFORNIA.

VIOLIN.

Application filed May 12,

the object of the invention being to provide a violin wherein the tonewill be rendered louder and clearer and which will generally improve theharmony of the instrument.

A further object of the invention is to improve violin construction ingeneral and to render the same simple and eflicient in use.

Still another important object of the invention is to provide a violinconstruction, the belly of which is prevented from sagging in or warpingwhich would detract from the sound qualities of the violin.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a violin wherein themusical tones are rendered more audible than in the ordinary violin andwhich is just as simple in its mechanical make-up.

An additional object is to provide a violin having the abovecharacteristics, which is simple in construction, which consistsof fewparts and may be readily assembled and disassembled, and which may bemanufactured and placed on the market at a minimum cost.

With the above and other objects and advantages in mind, the inventionconsists in the combinations of elements, arrangements of parts,formations and constructions, and the general assemblage, the details ofwhich will be hereinafter specifically referred to and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, the inventive features being explicitlyrecited in the appended claims.

On the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view partly broken away and in section, showing aviolin constructed in accordance with my invention;

Figure 2 is a side elevation or edge view of the device, partly brokenaway and in section;

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3--3 of Figure 1 andlooking in the di rection of the arrows. I

Referring specifically to the drawings, wherein like characters ofreference desig nate likeparts inall'of the'views, the numeral 5 denotesthe violin body which is of the usual construction, except that theusual sound openings or ports in the top are omit- Specification ofLetters Patent. Patented Apr. 25, 1922.

1919. Serial No. 296,573.

ted, and said body is provided with openings 6 at opposite sides topermit the sound to escape therethrough. While the ordinary body ispressed upwardly and downwardly at the belly and back respectively, andprovided with f-openings at the belly, it is to be'understood that inthe present instance the top or belly and the back or bottom arepreferably flat but may be otherwise suitably constructed or shaped. V 7

Extended transversely in the body 5 at a point which would be beneaththe bridge of the violin is a cross bar 10 which has its ends beveledand glued or otherwise secured to the opposite sides of the bodyandsupported above the bottom of the body by blocks or braces 11 securedto the body in any suitable manner. The cross bar 10 is formed with anupstanding projection 12 which bears against the belly 13 which issecured to the with respect to the longitudinal axis of the belly. Thelower longitudinal edge of the equalizing bar is curved from itsopposite ends so that the widest part of the bar is disposed directlybelow that part of the violin strings above which the bow is moved bythe player. This causes some ofthe sound vibration to travel towards theopposite ends of the belly.

It should also be noted that the cross bar 10 is disposed at a point tolie beneath or substantially beneath the bridge of the violin and theupstanding projection 12 engages the top or belly of the body 5 to oneside of the longitudinal and transverse centers thereof. The equalizingbar 1 1 intersects the transverse bar at a point which is the samedistance from the opposite side of the longitudinal center as thedistance between said center and the projection, or the projection isdistanced or spaced from said center at the opposite side. By arrangingthe bar 14 diagonally within the body it serves to reenforce theinstrument directly under the strings as well as to assist in thetransmission ferred'construction but it will be understoodv that thesame is subject to various changes and modifications, and that I resevethe right to make such changes and modifications which I may be fairlyentitled to in accordance with the appended claims.

lVhat I claim as new and desire to secure Letters Patent on, is

1. The combination with a violin body having openings in its oppositesides of a bar extending transversely across the violin and engaging thesides thereof, blocks supporting said bar, an upstanding projectionformed on the bar and engaging the belly, and a bar secured to the underface of the belly and disposed obliquely with respect to thelongitudinal axis of the same.

2. A violin comprising a body having perforated sides, a belly and abottom portion, a bar extending transversely within the body andsupported at its ends adj aeent the sides of the body, said bar havingan upstanding projection engaging the belly to one side of thelongitudinal center thereof, and a bar secured to the under face of thebelly and disposed obliquely with respect to the longi tudinal axis,said oblique bar intersecting the transverse bar at a point the samedistance from the opposite side of the longitudinal center as thedistance between said center and the projection.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, as my own, I have heretoafiised Iny signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN IVILLIAM KIN iANNON. l Vitnesses JOHN A. HAMILTON,

VIo'ror. PEDROTT.

